Running With LeMire

This morning my phone said 34 degrees with up to 4 mph winds so I got dressed and hit the streets for an easy 5 miles. Average pace was 7:54 so not very fast but it was definitely working out all of the soreness from Saturdays slippery 16 mile run. The hips, knees and muscles were definitely sore but it felt great to get out on the road. I saw 3 deer cross the road in front of me and 2 other people enjoying the cool temps but not extreme cold that we had last week. Tomorrow morning 800's so we'll see what the weather says Outside or Treadmill.

This mornings workout was cut short do to some lingering knee pain from Saturdays icy road conditions. I ran 4- 800's with 400 meter jog in between. Started with a 1.5 mile warm up in which I obviously needed more since my first 800 was slow at 3:17. Then I was warmed up with and ran 3:01, 2:59, & 2:57. At the start of number 5 my knee felt weak on the push off so I called it a day. The knee felt good at 7:30 pace which is what I ran the rest of my miles around but 6:00 per mile did not. Average pace was 7:20 for the day. Not bad at all.

Two days ago it was 60 degrees and then today it's 22 cold and snow storm suppose to be rolling in. Ran 18 miles this morning with the running group in which I ran half with others and then on my own for the rest. Felt pretty good but my left knee felt a little weak which I think is a lingering issue from last weekends ice run. This weeks run was very hilly and did not have very many flat areas on the course. 

mile splits today: 8:25, 7:47, 7:38, 7:43, 7:21, 7:22, 7:29, 7:50, 7:50, 6:57, 6:55, 7:01, 7:08, 7:13, 6:58, 7:42, 7:04, 7:35